King's College London

About us

King’s College London is a leading University with nine Faculties. As part of King’s Health Partners, we have an excellent environment for health care interaction and a strong focus on mentoring and career development.

The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care (NMPC) is based in the heart of central and south London. It includes the [Cicely Saunders Institute for Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation](Cicely Saunders Institute for Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation), the premier Institute for Palliative Care, bringing together clinical, research and education teams.

The post is hosted at the Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation.  This purpose built institute, and Clinical Academic Group, brings together clinicians, researchers and service users to translate the results of research more quickly to patients and families. With over 50 members of the academic, research and professional services team the successful candidate will join a thriving research institute with many opportunities for career development. We are committed to staff development, and offer opportunities to identify and access appropriate training and professional growth.

About the role

This is an exciting new opportunity to join an international research collaboration (Positive Outcomes).  People living with HIV have a high burden of mental health, social and spiritual concerns, physical symptoms, and poorer health-related quality of life than the general population.  Although HIV services are routinely audited, it is person-centred patient-reported outcomes that define quality care. At the Cicely Saunders Institute we have led the development of a Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM) for PLWH (called “POSITIVE OUTCOMES”), which has been validated using best scientific principles. We need to understand what are the best ways to implement the PROM, and what materials, are needed alongside to support successful implementation. 

This mixed methods three year study will be conducted across sites in the UK and the US, and in collaboration with UK-CAB (the national body of advocates living with HIV), the British HIV association and Public Health England.  We are seeking to recruit an experienced research administrator to support the successful implementation of Positive Outcomes in the UK, and collaboration across the UK and US.  The position is ideally suited to someone with experience in research administration, including arranging meetings, taking minutes, working with research documents including protocols, forms and coordinating data entry and management of datasets.  This is a very responsible position and the post-holder will need to manage competing deadlines and work with independence in a busy role. Candidates should be highly motivated individuals with excellent communication skills, and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team. 

This is a full time post (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered on a fixed term contract until 31/08/2027.

King’s considers the professional and personal development of our staff a priority and we offer an inspiring range of opportunities for training and career progression. Our Organisational Development team provide in-house and bespoke learning.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Degree, preferably in relevant area
2. IT literacy to high standard (word processing and typing skills, preparation of presentations and spreadsheets) with understanding of dealing with confidential information
3. Skilled in coordinating meetings and taking minutes
4. Competent at managing data sets and data entry
5. Attention to detail
6. Good time management skills with ability to multi-task and prioritise and complete tasks within a set deadline
7. Ability to work independently and as part of a team including researchers, clinicians and patient and public members
8. Commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace

Desirable criteria

1. Experience of working in health research setting
2. Experience of working with NHS ethical and research governance approval processes
3. Familiar with referencing software (e.g. endnote)
4. Competent at formatting research documents (protocols, research papers, posters etc)

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.

We are not able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.

This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.